Fm Frontier
D. H. CRONIN, Publisher.
W. C. TEMPLETON,
Editor and Business Manager.
Entered at the post office at O’Neill,
Nebraska, as second-class matter.
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MORE LOCAL MATTERS.
Frank Biglin was in Omaha on busi
ness the first of the week.
Mrs. O. E. Davidson has been on the
sick list the past week,
A daughter was bom to Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Sobotka Thursday.
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Bert Gunn, of this city, last Saturday.
A son was bom to Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Martin of this city, on Monday of last
week.
Elmer Merriman. of Sioux City{ was
shaking hands with O’Neill fnehds
Tuesday.
Mrs. A. C. Morton went to her old
home, near Tecumseh, Nebraska, last
week for a three weeks’ visit.
Mrs. D. H. Clauson entertained the
Friday club at her home last Friday
afternoon. Luncheon was served.
Mike Rotherham, Wm. Wolf and
James Jeffries, of Deloit, were shak
ing hands with O’Neill friends Wed
nesday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Curtis returned
home Wednesday from a visit with
relatives at Broken Bfhv and other
points south.
Mr. and Mrs. Merwyn French, Mrs.
George French and Clifford French, of
Page, were visiting O’Neill friends the
first of the week. ^
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Gattenby, Sunday. The little
fellow only lived a short time. Burial
was made at Page.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. O’Donnell, Mr.
and Mrs. J. B. Mellor and Jack Sulli
van went to Omaha Tuesday to at
tend the bankers convention.
George and Fred Breckler,- of Bat
tle Creek, stopped for a short visit
with O'Neill friends last Tuesday while
on their way from a western trip.
Mr. and Mrs. Itafe Shaw, of Tona
wanda, were visiting in O’Neill Tues
day. The former’s mother, Mrs. Della
Shaw, returned home with them for a
visit.
Page Reporter: H. A. Trowbridge
tells of chicken hunting in the early
days, when they used traps. One day,
he says, he caught twenty-seven that
way.
Mrs. F. H. Lancaster and Mrs.
Elmer Surber entertaned the members
of the Friday club and their husbands
at an evening party Monday night.
Whist was played.
Stuart Advocate: Mrs. D. M. Stu
art arrived in Stuart last Friday
morning after an extended visit in
California. She reports her husband
as being in poor health.
Lieutenant John B. Ivongstaff, who
is on the Submarine “S 4” near the
coast of Japan, writes the home folks
that he will not be able to make the
trip home until February.
Dr. H. K. Williams, of Atlantic,
Iowa, has been in O’Neill several days
during the past week looking after
business matters connected with the
estate of the late George Parham.
George Godell, living in the northern
ipart of the county and a Mr. Ander
son, of Boyd county, were principals
in an auto collision on the highway
about twelve miles north of O’Neill
last Friday.
George Shear, of Strahan, Iowa, was
in O'Neill, Monday. Mr. Shear for
merly owned the Auer place better
known as “the yellow building” north
of Page. Mr. Shear still has plenty of
faith in Holt county soil.
Frank Harnish came down from
Lake Preston, South Dakota, Sunday
and spent Monday and Tuesday with
his parents here. Mrs. Harnish re
mained in Plainview for a visit with
relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Harnish have
closed their variety store at Lake Pres
ton and are looking for another loca
tion. The building in which they were
located was recently sold and as there
was no other available buiding they
I decided to relocate in Nebraska.
Carload of Apples!
Fancy Colorado, Jonathan Ap
ples, now on sale on North
western track.
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Free from worms and are ex
tra fine eating or cooking ap
ples. Call and see them and
bring your sacks. For informa
tion call Connolly Bros. Phone 114
Exide Batteries. Fisk Tires
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Hot Shot Batteries.... $2.25
Light Bulbs, for cars_______ 35c
50c Size Tire Patch_____35c
Alcohol, for Radiators, per gallon____90c
When in need of a Battery get our new, low
prices on the Exide. We do Starter and Generator
repairing, Top and Curtain work and Soldering of
all kinds.
STEIN & ZIEMER "•
First door East of K. C. Hall. Phone 162
NO MOTHER CAN DO
BOTH AT ONCE
Often one must be sacrificed
For the children’s sake, give them all
the time their growing minds and bodies
need. At a word from you, we’ll relieve
you of aU the washing and any or all of
the ironing—save you from one to two
days of work. And at little or no addi
tional cost over your present washday
methods.
Just phone—we’ll send our representa
tive.
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O’Neill Sanitary Laundry
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford B. Scott went
to Lincoln last Friday where Mr. Scott
was looking after business matters.
Mr. and Mrs. Scott also attended the
“home coming week”, of the state uni
versity and the dedication of the stad
ium last Saturday.
The land in the Kruger V. Ablan
estate which was sold at referee sale
at the' farm about twenty-two miles
south of O’Neill, Monday, was pur
chased by a gentleman from Clear
water at $35.00.per acre cash. He will
take possession March 1st.
The Frontier is sending out state
ments this week to all the subscribers
who are in arrears. We are making a
special effort to collect up all back ac
counts as quickly as possible. We re
spectfully ask all those who are in ar
rears to call at the office or mail us a
check.
Rev. George ^Longstaff returned
home Tuesday night from the Fiftieth
session of the Nebraska Presbyterian
Synod which was held at Kearney this
year. This session of Synod also was,
in a way, the celebration of the fif
tieth anniversary of the Presbyterian
church at Kearney.
Barnard and Miss Esther Goodman,
of Riverton, Wyoming, stopped in
O’Neill last Thursday evening and re
mained until the followingeveningwith
their aunt, Mrs. Sam Barnard. They
were on their way home from Sioux
City where they have been visiting
for the past few weeks.
John C. White, for a number of
years one of the prominent ranchmen
of the Mineola country, came up from
his home at Omaha this afternoon on
his way to the home of a nephew, Tom
White, at Redbird, where he expects
to enjoy the hunting season. Mr.
White returned to the United States
in 1918 froip a twelve year residence
in Canada. He left Holt county about
twenty years ago.
Those who consider bananas a
necessary part of th diet are advised
to lay in a supply before the stocks
of local dealers are exhausted. It
seems that there is a banana famine
on and radio bugs listening in Monday
night were informed in song by the
broadcasters that they had no bananas
at Dallas, Texas; Atlanta, Georgia;
Chicago, Illinois; Kansas City, Mis
souri; Calgary, Canada; Los Angeles,
California or Waupaca, Wisconsin.
Rev. and Mrs. George Longstaff re
ceived word last week that their
daughter, Mrs. E. C. Goodenberger
and husband arrived safely in China.
Rev. and Mrs. Goodenberger, it will be
remembered, are on their way to the
new missionary province of Yunnan.
The perilious part of the journey will
be experienced at the latter end of the
trip when they will travel by pack
mules for a period of eighteen or
twenty days through a practically un
settled, uncivilized territory.
Dr. J. P. Gilligan and Dr. L. A.
Carter drove to Ainsworth Wednes
day where they attended the session
of the Eighth Councelor District
Medical Society. Dr. Gilligan was on
the program for a paper. The
officers elected for the coming year
were: Dr. G. O. Remy, of Ainsworth,
president; Dr. C. H. Root, of Bassett,
vice-president; Dr. E. L. Wilson,!.Sec
retary-Treasurer; Dr. L. A. Carter, of
O’Neill, delegate to state convention;
Dr. A. G. Rasck, of Ainsworth, alter
nate.
Norfolk, Nebr., Oct. 25.—Fereral
prohibition agents are apparently
working hard in Holt county and In
he vicinity of Long Pine. Informa
ions have been drawn and capiases is
sued against a number of alleged
liquor violators. Joe Parker of O’Neill
•s charged with selling intoxicating
liquor; Ross Day of Long Pine is
charged with the same offense; as is
Alfred Strube. Mr. and Mrs. William
O’Neill of O’Neill are charged with
selling liquor and maintainng a com
mon unisance.
Both Homer Sherdan and Battling
I Monroe, principals in the main event
in the Knights of Columbus boxing
carnival Friday night at the K. C. hall,
arrived Thursday afternoon and are
ready for the affair. Both men are in
excellent condition and the bout
promises to be one of the best ever
witnessed in O’Neill. Ernest Smith
of Walnut and Frank Patiz of Bassett,
principals in the semi-final, also are
on the ground and ready to go. The
semi-final will be as good as many a
main event put on in other towns.
The program is one fight fans cannot
afford to miss.
Bloomfield, Neb., Oct. 17.—At a
meeting held here a committee was
appointed to solicit the sale of stock
in the Knox County Better Livestock
and Fair association. E. L. Caya is
secretary of the new committee and it
is planned to push the sale with great
vigor. It is the ho^ie of the committee
and officers of the association that
enough stock will be sold between now
and the first of the year to clear up
all outstanding indebtedness. Henry
Kuhl, of Plainview, P. H. Green* of
Creighton, and Joe Mattern, of Winne
toon, were all here for the meeting.
The affairs of the association are said
to be in fine shape.
ARE THEY GAS LIGHTS OR
JUST PLAIN SPOOKS?
Are the balls of fire which nightly
float around over the pastures of Pro
fessor James Connolly’s ghost grave
yard, out in Shields township, the
shades of departed ones trying to tip
Jim off that the end of the world is at
hand, or are they just gas seepage
from the vast oil pools which existed
under that and other sections of Holt
county during the wildcat period when
liberty bonds were being traded for
oil stock? Mr. Connolly has received
numerous letters from those inclined
to the end of the world theory and
after wearing out two pairs of glasses
in reading the scriptural references
they quote in .support of their conject
ures he does not believe that there is
anything to worry about along that
line. Neither is he sure concerning tike
oil pool theory about which a number
of others a.e writing him. He will
make no effort to develop the oil fields
until after the Burlington extension
to Thedford is built and the road in
stalls oil burners on the line. How
ever Mr. Connolly wishes to announce
to whom evfr it may concern that he
will answer no more nut letters about
the lights unless the writers enclose
stamps for reply. He had to sell a
ouple of cows last week to buy post
age for answering the batch on hand
md considers that he now has done
his share. The lights continue to bloom
with exceeding brilliancy however and
nightly are witnessed by numbers of
auto parties. They will continue to
grow brighter, according to Mr. Con
nolly, as the weather grows colder.
Following are a couple of samples
of letters regarding the lights recently
received:
West Frankford, 111., Oct. 2. 1923.
To the editor, of O’Neill, Neb., Nor
thern Holt Co. Concerning the fiery
3pooks: Now Dear Sir, or People. This
must Be the Northern army as the
Prophet Joel Prophesied in the Bible.
2 Chapter, 20 Verse: Read and See
God Reveales things to his servants.
As the Northern Holt Co. Means,more
than Sinners Can Realize I wish I
Could Come and Preach, or send some
one that Could understand, as I Read
of the fiery spooks in the Herald ex
aminer, this Morning God has Revealed
several things to Me. I Wish I Could
Preach. You Can Publish to the Nor
thern Holt Co. let them get down in
Sack Cloth and ashes, that Means
weeping and mourning thus Saith the
Lord Repent every one of you and be
baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ
for the Remission of Sins. & you shall
Receive the gift of the Holly Ghost.
God Will Remove the army to the
east. Let Me hear from you at once
on this matter. Read acts. 2.38
Yours For Lost Souls,
Respectfully yours,
in The Name of Jesus
Mrs. Grace Pickford,
West Frankfort, 111.
605 E Lindell St.
Dear children wake up as God's
judgments are in the Land if you will
repent & Give God Your heart & rend
not your garments God will repent
Joel 2:20 verse but I will lemove far
off from you the northern army, 2:20
21. read acts 2-38 and the 19 chapter
where they were baptized over for the
remission of sins. John baptized unto
repentance Jesus is the name of the
Father'Son & Holly Ghost. Jesus is
the Name of the Lord, and whosoever
“shall” call on the name of the Lord
shall be saved.-st John 13:13. Ye call
me Master & Lord and ye say well ;for
I am. St. John. 13.17 st. John 12: 44:
45:32. Jesus is “God” and He was
man.
Chicago, Oct. 20, 1923.
Postmaster at O’Neill, Nebr.
Dear Sir: I read in a news paper
that Holt Co. is in fested with ghosts.
What they see floating in the air are
gas balls. Oxqgan gas or some other
kind of gas and Phosphores lights, it
up after dark, it is caused by gas es
caping from the ground, light a match
shere they see balls of light, and they
will find that there is some kind of gas
escaping from the earth. There is a
large Oil pool in Holt co. near O’Neill.
The best pace is south and west from
town, if some one will send me a map
of Holt co. I will mark the best places
for oil and return the map.
if the lights show themself where I
mark the oil pool then the lights come
from gas in the oil pool.
Respectfully,
Mrs. A. M. Andersey,
1526 N. Lockwood Ave.,
Chicago, 111.
P. S.—send any kind of good maps,
is there a reward for locating oil
pools.
TUU UNIV*RSAL GAB
7lew f/Qtwnqfoar
Looking at the new touring car from the side, you are at once
favorably impressed with the effect of longer, more graceful lines
secured by enlarging the cowl and raising the radiator
Slanting windshield and o^e-man top lend material aid in giving
the entire car a lower, more stylish appearance.
An apron connecting the radiator with the fender skirts is also
a decided improvement.
A comfort feature much appreciated by owners, is the additional
leg room provided by the enlargement of the cowL
Allow us to show you the entire line of new Ford cars now on
display in our show room.
These cars can be obtained through
the Ford Weekly Purchase Plan.
J. B. MELLOR
Dealer, O’Neill, Nebraska
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CARS •
APPLES
I have a Car of Kansas Good Winter Apples.
Bring your sacks and come as they will go fast.
Ben Davis and York Imperial.
$1.50
C. QUEEN
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3,600,000 MARKS REQUIRED*
TO BRING CARD HERE
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County Clerk E. F. Porter is in re
ceipt of a postal card from H. Pop
plebaum, of Bahnhofstrasse, Nossen,
Saxony, Germany, which has stamps
affixed to the value of 3,600,000 Ger
man marks. Before the decline of the
mark these stamps would have repre
sented a value of $856,000 American
money. The average value of a Ger
man mark was .238c each before the
war.
K. C. HALL
O’Neill, Nebraska
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